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HomeMy WebLinkAbout33 Pleasant St 25% Cacl of plans 10.1.21°F TOWN OF YARMOUTH 1146 ROUTE 29, SOUTH YARMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS 02664-4451 3 ``z Telephone (508) 398-2231 Ext.1292 Fax (508) 398-0836 HISTORICAL COMMITTEE MEMORANDUM TO: Mark Grylls, Building Commissioner FROM: Beth Vozella, Yarmouth Historical Commission Office Administrator DATE: October 4, 2019 SUBJECT: 33 Pleasant St., South Yarmouth On September 5, 2019, the Historical Commission met with Architect, Joseph Dick at 33 Pleasant Street in South Yarmouth to tour the property and to hear a brief proposal for partial demolition and rebuild/renovation of the house situated on this property. On Thursday, September 12, 2019, Mr. Dick attended the Commission's regularly scheduled meeting, at which they discussed the proposed partial demolition, the rebuild and other exterior renovation plans, The Commission unanimously agreed (5-0) that the portion of the home being proposed for demolition is not significant per the provisions of the Town's Demolition Delay Bylaw and its removal would not jeopardize the status of the remaining portion of the home which is listed as a contributing structure in the South Yarmouth / Bass River Historic District, a National Register District. The Historical Commission members are very appreciative of the time, care and effort that Mr. Dick has put into this project and are in full support the proposed rebuild plans. Therefore, the owners are free to pursue the partial demolition and rebuild as proposed. Cc: YIIC File; Joseph Dick Greene, Karen From: Justin Vuono <jvuono@meyerandsons.com> Sent: Friday, October 1, 2021 1:23 PM To: Greene, Karen Cc: Sears, Tim; Old Kings Highway; Trevor Meyer Subject: Re: 33 Pleasant Health sign off OK Attachments: Screen Shot 2021-10-01 at 1.08.32 PM.png; 33 Pleasant Street - Existing Plans- DEMO.pdf Hi Karen, We've reviewed the demo in more detail to be certain the calculations are accurate. Attached you will find the proposed plans with demo areas highlighted in red as well as a breakout of the calculations supporting the 23% (actually 22.85% including porch). Please Note that all areas being demo'd are being replaced in -kind. Let me know if you have any questions or need anything else. Thanks, Justin Justin Vuono Operations Manager Meyer and Sons, Inc "your project is our reputation " P: 917.538.4469 Email: ivuonona,meyerandsons.com On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 2:39 PM Greene, Karen <KGreenegyarmouth.ma.us> wrote: Hi Justin Do you have a floor plan or other documentation to back up the 23% figure? 25% is a CC Commission threshold that we need to be able to back up. Thanks, Karen Karen M. Greene, Director of Community Development Town of Yarmouth 1 kgreene@varmouth.ma.us 508-398-2231 x1278 From: Justin Vuono [mailto:'vuono me erandsons.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2021 12:27 PM To: Sears, Tim <tsears@yarmouth.ma.us> Cc: Old Kings Highway <okh@yarmouth.ma.us>; Trevor Meyer <tmever@meverandsons.com> Subject: Re: 33 Pleasant Health sign off OK Hi Tim, I have it at 23% Let me know if you need anything else. Thanks, Justin On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 2:17 PM Sears, Tim <tsearskyarmouth.ma.us> wrote: Justin, I need to know if the demolition portion of the project is greater than 25% of the gross floor area. Thank you Timothy Sears CBO Deputy Building Commissioner Town of Yarmouth 508-398-2231 Ext. 1259 mailto:tsears@yarmouth.ma.us From: Meyer and Sons [mailto:info@meverandsons.coml Sent: Friday, September 24, 2021 9:11 AM To: Sears, Tim <tsears@varmouth.ma.us> Cc: Grylls, Mark <m rylls@yarmouth.ma.us>; Old Kings Highway <okh@yarmouth.ma.us> Subject: Re: 33 Pleasant Health sign off OK Thanks for the heads up Tim. Please keep us posted. On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 12:02 PM Sears, Tim <tsears @yarmouth.ma.us> wrote: Justin, This house is located in the South Yarmouth Historic District, and there is a letter from the historic committee approving the proposed work from a couple of years ago. Some of those properties fall under the Cape Cod Commission, and we are waiting to hear back from them about this location. Regards, Timothy Sears CBO Deputy Building Commissioner Town of Yarmouth 508-398-2231 Ext. 1259 mailto:tsears2yarmouth.ma.us From: Justin Vuono[mailto:ivuono@meyerandsons.com] Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2021 11.47 AM To: Murphy, Bruce <BMurphy varmouth.ma.us> Cc: Meyer and Sons <info@meyerandsons.com>; Slack, Christine <CSlack@yarmouth.ma.us>; Fallon, Rosa <rfallon(a@yarmouth.ma.us>; Sears, Tim <tsears(@yarmouth.ma.us>; Trevor Meyer <tmeyer@meyerandsons.com>; Grylls, Mark <mervllsPyarmouth.ma.us> Subject: Re: 33 Pleasant Health sign off OK Thank you Bruce! Tim, please let me know if you need anything else from us for the Building permit. Best, Justin On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 10.39 AM Murphy, Bruce <BMurphygyarmouth.ma.us> wrote: Application and revised floor plans of existing and proposed -received on September 22, 2021 has been signed and I brought to the building office this morning. House to remain 9 bedrooms as noted on application. Bruce G. Murphy Dir of Health 9/2 3/21 From: Meyer and Sons [mailto:info@meverandsons.coml Sent. Wednesday, September 22, 2021 1:31 PM To: Murphy, Bruce <BMurphv@varmouth.ma.us>; Slack, Christine <CSlack@yarmouth.ma.us> Cc: Fallon, Rosa <rfallon@varmouth.ma.us>; Sears, Tim <tsears@yarmouth.ma.us>; Trevor Meyer <tmeyer@meyerandsons.com>; Justin Vuono <ivuono@meverandsons.com> Subject: 33 Pleasant Health sign off :.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... € Attention! This email originates outside of the organization. Do not open attachments or click links unless you are sure this email is from a known sender and you know the content is safe. Call the sender to verify if unsure. 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I believe the contractor has demonstrated that this is the case (with the attached) and that with the 2019 letter from the YHC, they are good to proceed. Would you agree? Thanks, Karen Karen M. Greene, Director of Community Development Town of Yarmouth kgreene@yarmouth.ma.us 508-398-2231 x1278 From: Villa, Celina Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2021 11:12 AM To: Greene, Karen <KGreene@yarmouth.ma.us> Subject: FW: 33 Pleasant Street I also sent this to Tim from Building as he inquired about it as well. From: Sarah Korjeff fmailto:skorjeff@capecodcommission.org] Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2021 10.49 AM To: Villa, Celina <CVilla@yarmouth.ma.us> Subject: Re: 33 Pleasant Street :........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Attention! This email originates outside of the organization. Do not open attachments or click links unless you are sure this email is from a known sender and you know the content is safe. Call the sender to verify if unsure. Otherwise delete this email. '........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Hi Celina, Thank you for contacting me about this project. I don't believe it was forwarded to my office, but the memo from the Historical Commission seems clear that they found the portion to be demolished was not historically significant and thus it wouldn't require referral to the Cape Cod Commission. I'd be happy to take a look at the plans and make sure there are no questions if that would be helpful. Just let me know. Sincerely, Sarah Sarah Korjeff Historic Preservation Specialist/Planner Cape Cod Commission 3225 Main Street/P.O. Box 226 Barnstable, MA 02630 508-362-3828 (front desk) 508-744-1215 (direct) From: Villa, Celina <CVilla@yarmouth.ma.us> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2021 12:30 PM To: Sarah Korjeff <skorleff@capecodcommission.org> Cc: Old Kings Highway <okh@varmouth.ma.us> Subject: 33 Pleasant Street CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Sarah, My name is Celina and I am the new Office Administrator or the Yarmouth Zoning Board of Appeals. Since our Old King's Highway administrator seat is vacant, I am helping to cover the office as we work to fill the position. We have a property in town — 33 Pleasant Street that is listed on MACRIS and we are wondering if it has been before the CCC? They were given approval by the Yarmouth Historical Committee for a partial demolition (see attached memo) and are looking to start up their project soon. We want to make sure they have taken the necessary steps before they begin, and would appreciate it if you could please advise or share any information on the property you might have. Thank you for your time and help, I look forward to speaking with you soon. Best Regards, Celina M. Villa Office Administrator - Board of Appeals Town of Yarmouth cvilla@yarmouth.ma.us (508) 398-2231 x 1285 Greene, Karen From: Greene, Karen Sent: Wednesday, October 6, 2021 12:00 PM To: skorjeff@capecodcommission.org' Subject: RE: 33 Pleasant Street Attachments: SCA20191119-CONNELL A-3.pdf; SCA20191119-CONNELL A-4.pdf; SCA20191119- CONNELL A-5.pdf Hi Sarah I wanted to provide you with some additional information from the original request for 33 Pleasant Street. Please give a call when you can. Thanks, Karen Karen M. Greene, Director of Community Development Town of Yarmouth kgreene@varmouth.ma.us 508-398-2231 x1278 From: Greene, Karen Sent: Monday, October 4, 2021 8:43 AM To: 'skorjeff@capecodcommission.org'<skorjeff@capecodcommission.org> Subject: FW: 33 Pleasant Street Hi Sarah Hope all is well. Following up on the below exchange and wondering whether the project needs to demonstrate that less than 25% of the floor area is impacted (and whether this documentation should be part of any request in the BRNRHD). This appears to be the case per the attached email. I believe the contractor has demonstrated that this is the case (with the attached) and that with the 2019 letter from the YHC, they are good to proceed. Would you agree? Thanks, Karen Karen M. Greene, Director of Community Development Town of Yarmouth kereene@yarmouth.ma. us 508-398-2231 x1278 From: Villa, Celina Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2021 11:12 AM To: Greene, Karen <KGreene@varmouth.ma.us> Subject: FW: 33 Pleasant Street I also sent this to Tim from Building as he inquired about it as well. From: Sarah Korjeff [mailto:skorieff(a)capecodcommission.or ) Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2021 10.49 AM To: Villa, Celina <CVilla@yarmouth_ma.us> Subject: Re: 33 Pleasant Street ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Attention! This email originates outside of the organization. Do not open attachments or click links unless you are sure this email is from a known sender and you know the content is safe. Call the sender to verify if unsure. Otherwise delete this email. ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Hi Celina, Thank you for contacting me about this project. I don't believe it was forwarded to my office, but the memo from the Historical Commission seems clear that they found the portion to be demolished was not historically significant and thus it wouldn't require referral to the Cape Cod Commission. I'd be happy to take a look at the plans and make sure there are no questions if that would be helpful. lust let me know. Sincerely, Sarah Sarah Korjeff Historic Preservation Specialist/Planner Cape Cod Commission 3225 Main Street/P.O. Box 226 Barnstable, MA 02630 508-362-3828 (front desk) 508-744-1215 (direct) From: Villa, Celina <CVilla@yarmouth.ma.us> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2021 12:30 PM To: Sarah Korjeff<skorieff(@capecodcommission.org> Cc: Old Kings Highway <okh@varmouth.ma.us> Subject: 33 Pleasant Street CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Sarah, My name is Celina and I am the new Office Administrator or the Yarmouth Zoning Board of Appeals. Since our Old King's Highway administrator seat is vacant, I am helping to cover the office as we work to fill the position. We have a property in town — 33 Pleasant Street that is listed on MACRIS and we are wondering if it has been before the CCC? They were given approval by the Yarmouth Historical Committee for a partial demolition (see attached memo) and are looking to start up their project soon. We want to make sure they have taken the necessary steps before they begin, and would appreciate it if you could please advise or share any information on the property you might have. Thank you for your time and help, I look forward to speaking with you soon. Best Regards, Celina M. Villa Office Administrator- Board of Appeals Town of Yarmouth cvilla(@yarmouth.ma.us (508) 398-2231 x 1285 *� _� J i �k �k .�.�� is � � �';� i '_ � iy e n R jC� _ .. .. ___ � ? � I, 'h `ri.. I f I� i i �'I�.. �� i�: � � � �''. �'�! il��l �. i I f 43q .$ YIC Greene, Karen From: Sarah Korjeff <skorjeff@capecodcommission.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 6, 2021 2:31 PM To: Greene, Karen Subject: Re: 33 Pleasant Street Hi Karen, I'm just getting back from vacation and looking at this. If they are truly impacting less than 25% of the floor area (and it's a single-family home), they are not eligible for DRI review. I think you could argue that at least 25% of the building is being impacted, but if the Historical Commission found the areas to be demolished are not historically significant then they are good to go. In the future, or until you get a preservation -trained staff person, I'd be happy to take a look at plans like these and give comments to the Historical Commission for their consideration. Let me know if you'd still like to call. Sincerely, Sarah Sarah Korjeff Historic Preservation Specialist/Planner Cape Cod Commission 3225 Main Street/P.O. Box 226 Barnstable, MA 02630 508-362-3828 (front desk) 508-744-1215 (direct) From: Greene, Karen <KGreene@yarmouth.ma.us> Sent: Wednesday, October 6, 2021 12:00 PM To: Sarah Korjeff <skorjeff@capecodcommission.org> Subject: RE: 33 Pleasant Street CAUT1W This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Sarah I wanted to provide you with some additional information from the original request for 33 Pleasant Street. Please give a call when you can. Thanks, Karen Karen M. Greene, Director of Community Development Town of Yarmouth kereene(@varmouth.ma.us 508-398-2231 x1278 From: Greene, Karen Sent: Monday, October 4, 20218:43 AM To: 'skorjeff@capecodcommission.org'<skorjeff@capecodcommission.org> Subject: FW: 33 Pleasant Street Hi Sarah Hope all is well. Following up on the below exchange and wondering whether the project needs to demonstrate that less than 25% of the floor area is impacted (and whether this documentation should be part of any request in the BRNRHD). This appears to be the case per the attached email. I believe the contractor has demonstrated that this is the case (with the attached) and that with the 2019 letter from the YHC, they are good to proceed. Would you agree? Thanks, Karen Karen M. Greene, Director of Community Development Town of Yarmouth kgreene@varmouth.ma.us 508-398-2231 x1278 From: Villa, Celina Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2021 11:12 AM To: Greene, Karen <KGreene@varmouth.ma.us> Subject: FW: 33 Pleasant Street I also sent this to Tim from Building as he inquired about it as well. From: Sarah Karjeff [mailto:skorieff capecodcommission.org] Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2021 10:49 AM To: Villa, Celina <CVilla@yarmouth.ma.us> Subject: Re: 33 Pleasant Street :.................................................. --- ........ ........................................................................ .................................................................................... ............................................ ............... ...... Attention! This email originates outside of the organization. Do not open attachments or click links unless you are sure this email is from a known sender and you know the content is safe. Call the sender to verify if unsure. Otherwise delete this email. .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Hi Celina, Thank you for contacting me about this project. I don't believe it was forwarded to my office, but the memo from the Historical Commission seems clear that they found the portion to be demolished was not historically significant and thus it wouldn't require referral to the Cape Cod Commission. I'd be happy to take a look at the plans and make sure there are no questions if that would be helpful. Just let me know. Sincerely, Sarah Sarah Korjeff Historic Preservation Specialist/Planner Cape Cori Commission 3225 Main Street/P.O. Box 226 Barnstable, MA 02630 508-362-3828 (front desk) 508-744-1215 (direct) From: Villa, Celina <CVilla@yarmouth.ma.us> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2021 12:30 PM To: Sarah Korjeff <skorieffca ecodcommission.or > Cc: Old Kings Highway <okh@yarmouth.ma.us> Subject: 33 Pleasant Street CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Sarah, My name is Celina and I am the new Office Administrator or the Yarmouth Zoning Board of Appeals. Since our Old King's Highway administrator seat is vacant, I am helping to cover the office as we work to fill the position. We have a property in town — 33 Pleasant Street that is listed on MACRIS and we are wondering if it has been before the CCC? They were given approval by the Yarmouth Historical Committee for a partial demolition (see attached memo) and are looking to start up their project soon. We want to make sure they have taken the necessary steps before they begin, and would appreciate it if you could please advise or share any information on the property you might have. Thank you for your time and help, I look forward to speaking with you soon. Best Regards, Celina M. Villa Office Administrator - Board of Appeals Town of Yarmouth cvilla@yarmouth.ma.us (508) 398-2231 x 1285 Greene, Karen From: Greene, Karen Sent: Thursday, October 7, 2021 1:03 PM To: 'Justin Vuono' Cc: Sears, Tim; Old Kings Highway; Trevor Meyer Subject: RE: 33 Pleasant Health sign off OK HI Justin Thank you for providing the plans. I met this morning with Tim Sears and we confirmed that they are consistent with the plans reviewed by the Yarmouth Historic Commission back in 2019. With the Historic Commission's determination and the plans confirming less than 25% of the floor area being impacted, you are good to go from my perspective. Please let me know if you have any questions. Best regards, Karenh Karen M. Greene, Director of Community Development Town of Yarmouth kgreene@varmouth.ma.us 508-398-2231 x1278 From: Justin Vuono [mailto:jvuono@meyerandsons.com] Sent: Friday, October 1, 2021 1:23 PM To: Greene, Karen <KGreene@yarmouth.ma.us> Cc: Sears, Tim <tsears@yarmouth.ma.us>; Old Kings Highway <okh@yarmouth.ma.us>; Trevor Meyer <tmeyer@meyerandsons.com> Subject: Re: 33 Pleasant Health sign off OK Hi Karen, We've reviewed the demo in more detail to be certain the calculations are accurate. Attached you will find the proposed plans with demo areas highlighted in red as well as a breakout of the calculations supporting the 23% (actually 22.85% including porch). Please Note that all areas being demo'd are being replaced in -kind. Let me know if you have any questions or need anything else. Thanks, Justin Justin Vuono Operations Manager Meyer and Sons, Inc "your project is our reputation" P: 917.538.4469 Email: ivuono(a,meyerandsons.com On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 2:39 PM Greene, Karen <KGreene armouth.ma.us> wrote: Hi Justin Do you have a floor plan or other documentation to back up the 23% figure? 25% is a CC Commission threshold that we need to be able to back up. Thanks, Karen Karen M. Greene, Director of Community Development Town of Yarmouth kgreene@varmouth.ma.us 508-398-2231 x1278 From: Justin Vuono f mailto:ivuono@meverandsons.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2021 12:27 PM To: Sears, Tim <tsears@varmouth.ma.us> Cc: Old Kings Highway <okh@yarmouth.ma.us>; Trevor Meyer <tmever@meverandsons.com> Subject: Re: 33 Pleasant Health sign off OK Hi Tim, I have it at 23% Let me know if you need anything else. Thanks, Justin On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 2:17 PM Sears, Tim <tsearsgyarmouth.ma.us> wrote: Justin, I need to know if the demolition portion of the project is greater than 25% of the gross floor area. Thank you Timothy Sears CBO Deputy Building Commissioner Town of Yarmouth 508-398-2231 Ext. 1259 mailto:tsears(@varmouth.ma.us From: Meyer and Sons [mailto:infoC@meyerandsons.com] Sent: Friday, September 24, 2021 9:11 AM To: Sears, Tim <tsears@yarmouth.ma.us> Cc: Grylls, Mark <mervlls@varmouth.ma.us>; Old Kings Highway <okh armouth.ma.us> Subject: Re: 33 Pleasant Health sign off OK Thanks for the heads up Tim. Please keep us posted. On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 12:02 PM Sears, Tim <tsears(p;yarmouth.ma.us> wrote: Justin, This house is located in the South Yarmouth Historic District, and there is a letter from the historic committee approving the proposed work from a couple of years ago. Some of those properties fall under the Cape Cod Commission, and we are waiting to hear back from them about this location. Regards, Timothy Sears CBO Deputy Building Commissioner Town of Yarmouth 508-398-2231 Ext. 1259 mailto:tsears(@varmouth.ma.us From: Justin Vuono[mailto:ivuono@meyerandsons.com] Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2021 11:47 AM To: Murphy, Bruce <BMurphyyarmouth.ma.us> Cc: Meyer and Sons <info@meyerandsons.com>; Slack, Christine <CSlack@varmouth.ma.us>; Fallon, Rosa <rfallon@varmouth.ma.us>; Sears, Tim <tsears@yarmouth.ma.us>; Trevor Meyer <tmever@meverandsons.com>; Grylls, Mark <m r lls armouth.ma.us> Subject: Re: 33 Pleasant Health sign off OK Thank you Bruce! Tim, please let me know if you need anything else from us for the Building permit. Best, Justin On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 10:39 AM Murphy, Bruce <BMurphygyarmouth.ma us> wrote: 2 Application and revised floor plans of existing and proposed -received on September 22, 2021 has been signed and I brought to the building office this morning. House to remain 9 bedrooms as noted on application. Bruce G. Murphy Dir of Health 9/23/21 From: Meyer and Sons [mailto:info me erandsons.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2021131 PM To: Murphy, Bruce <BMurphv(@varmouth.ma.us>; Slack, Christine <CSlack@yarmouth.ma.us> Cc: Fallon, Rosa <rfallon@varmouth.ma.us>; Sears, Tim <tsears@varmouth.ma.us>; Trevor Meyer <tmever@meverandsons.com>; Justin Vuono <jvuono@meyerandsons.com> Subject: 33 Pleasant Health sign off _.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... € Attention! This email originates outside of the organization. Do not open attachments or click links unless you are sure this email is from a known sender and you know the content is safe. Call the sender to verify if unsure. Otherwise delete this email. ........................... .............................. ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. I............... Bruce here is the corrected form Thanks, Danielle Danielle Robertson Meyer and Sons, Inc "your project is our reputation" P:5082412050 Email: admin me erandsons.com meyerandsons.com meyerandsons.com follow us on Facebook "your project is our reputation"